Arent van Essen (d. 1570)
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| Torture of teacher Ursula, Maastricht, 1570. Engraving by Jan Luiken in Martyrs Mirror, v. 2, p. 503 of Dutch edition. Scan provided by Mennonite Library and Archives |
Arent van Essen, an Anabaptist martyr, an elder and schoolteacher, was captured with his wife Ursula, Neeltgen, an old woman, and her daughter Tryntgen, at Maastricht by the bailiffs of Alba, and after the most cruel torture all four were burned at the stake on 9 January 1570.
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